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  • GreekFox 13.
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Filed under Cheating by substitution of worthless articles.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Rock substituted for ham by tricksterTortoise cheats leopard by substituting bundle of resin for bundle of meat
Filed beside it
False articles used to produce creditWater sold as wine. Wine-casks partitioned: one half wine, other half waterFalse set of rings to offset genuine. Jewels bought with counterfeit moneyWhile swimming with the lizard, toad exchanges own ugly daughter for lizard's pretty oneLean geese substituted for fat by tricksterWoman gives friend dried comb while she herself eats the honeyCheating by substitution of common cow for magic one

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